Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18811, Edmund Eddy, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Eddy, Edmund
S. 18811
carded
CONTENTS

10-167.
1888 March 29 F M Eddy History Prio
Massachusetts
Edmund Eddy,
of Worcester in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ Regiment commanded by Col _____ in the _____ line for _____
Inscribed on the Roll of _____ at the rate of 20 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 15th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of _____ 1830 and sent to _____ _____ Secretary of War Arrears to 15th of _____ 1830 $20- Pension, allowance ending _____ 10- $30-00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by S. H. _____ Clerk Book 2, Vol. 2 nd Page 21.

of Declaration, in order, to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th AD 1832 - Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Worcester ss.
On this Tenth day of September AD 1832 personally appeared John D. Dyer  to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing Declaration, before me that subscribed Judge of a court of record Edmund Eddy, a resident of Charlton in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts; being in my Eighty fourth year of age, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order, to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832. I Edmund Eddy, enlisted into the Army of the Revolution into a company, commanded by Captain Nathan Hale, late of Dudley in this County in 1775. I entered the service in June of that year, according to best recollection. I served at Roxbury near Boston in said Hale's company about six months and some short of eight. I did not go to Roxbury so soon as some of the company. The precise time I served I cannot positively state - but know I was at Roxbury and did duty as a soldier in said Hale's company more than six months. General Saltonstall, late of Charlton was Lieutenant and Timothy Foster of Dudley was Ensign of said company. Said company belonged to Col. Elizer Learned's Regiment of Oxford in this County. General Washington was Commander in Chief of the Troops, stationed at Roxbury, Cambridge and Charlton in 1775.

Col Learned and all the Officers of the Compa- ny to which I belonged are all dead - I hereby relinquish every claim, whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present and declare, that my name, is not on the Pension Roll of the Army of any State, nor have I have no documentary evidence
Edmund Eddy
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Before me J. H. Ames Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Re John Wilder & Ebenezer Phillips residing in Charlton and Edward H. Phillips residing in the same Charlton hereby certify that the are well acquainted with Deacon Edmund Eddy who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration is that he believe him to be eighty three years of age; That he is respected and believed in Middle- borough where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolutionary and the War of 1812 in that Opinion
John Wilder & E. Edward H. Phillips
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester ss. Sept 4 / 1832
Then John Wilder and Ebenezer H. Phillips who signed the above certificate in my presence personally appeared and made solemn oath that the same is true before me
For Rev. S. S. B. Boston Nov 1832

The following are the Interrogatories propounded to Edmund Edgarian Spillane for a pension for services in the Army of the Revolution by me the subscribed Judge of a County Court
1 Where, and in what year were you born? Ans. I was born in Oxford April 27. 1799
2 Have you any record of your age and if so where it is? Ans. - I recorded upon the Town Records of Oxford
3 Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolution any War, and where do you now live? Ans. I lived in Charlton when I entered into the Army of the Revolution I enlisted into Captain Nathaniel Healy's Company and I have lived in Charlton ever since the Revolution
4 How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a Substitute, and if a substitute for whom - Ans. - I volunteered into the Service
5 State the names of some of the regular Officers; who were with the Troops where you served; such continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service
Ans. I belonged to Col. Shears Learned Regiment of Oxford - Danforth Hill and Jonathan Halman were the Majors General Shears was either Major or Brigadier General I do not know which

6 Did you receive a discharge from the Revolutionary Service; and if so by whom was it given and what was the amount of it? Ans. I had recd Discharge.
7 State the names of persons to whom you are known; in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution?
Ans. Dea. Ebenezer H. Phillips, Past Dea. Lumb, Salem Town Esq. and John Wilder Jr. all of whom will testify to my character for veracity and their belief that I was a soldier in the Revolution as stated in my declaration . Edmund Eddy
On the said last as hereby declared from opinion that after the investigation of the matter, and after hearing the testimony presented to the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary and served as a soldier and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that In Wilder Jr. who signed the foregoing affidavit is a Clergyman residing in the Town of Charlton and that Ebenezer Phillips who also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Charlton and is a credible person (they both being well known to me) and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Arthur H. Hildreth Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester.
8 Philip Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Edmund Eddy for a Pension, and that Frederic W. Putnam before whom the annexed affidavits were made, is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Worcester as full appears & that he signed the same. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court this 8th day of September in the year of our Lord 1832. Philip Wheeler Reg. of Probate for said County.

10.030
Edmund Eddy
Parish
6 Months
$20--
Hon. J. G. Rendall
Sturminster
Maps

10.030  BRIEF in the case of  Edward Oddy  Massachusetts  County of Worcester  in the State of  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? no  3. How old is he? 84  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Vol. In 1775 June "more than 6" " "and some short of Eight" Private Gen. Capt. Healy, Lieut. Sabin, Col. Larned, Genl. Washington  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Charlton, Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional & a witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Waugh  Examining Clerk.  Feb. 9, 1833.

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Edmund Eddy further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.

10.030

I Ebenezer Swift of Charlton in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being now in my eighty second year of age - do declare that I positively know that Deacon Edmond Eddy of Charlton served eight months at Roxbury near Boston in the Army of the Revolution in the first year of the revolutionary war 1775 served eight months at the same time he both belonged to the Regiment of Col Ebenezer Learned of Oxford in this County he belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Nathaniel Healy - General Salem Towne late of Charlton deceased was Lieutenant of the same Company - further the deponent saith not
Ebenezer his Swift mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss July 24 th 1837
Then Mr Ebenezer Swift who signed the above Affi- davit by making his mark in my presence, per- sonally appeared and made voluntary oath that the same is true before me Frederick S. B. O'Brien Justiciari
I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Mr Ebenezer Swift who signed the above Affidavit more than twenty years and know that he is reputed to be a man of truth
Frederick S. B. O'Brien Justiciari